Haciendas de Jalisco y Aledaños (1506–1821) is a book written in Spanish by Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea (1905–83), it's about the rural history of haciendas (rural estates) in the State of Jalisco (Mexico), since the origins of the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia (New Galicia) in the earliest 16th Century, to the earliest days of the Independence of Mexico in 1821. It's the first publication in its kind in Western Mexico and the most complete book about rural properties of the State of Jalisco and their development through time. A summary of this book is mentioned in the "Boletín" of the Real Academia Española (1975); it also appears in the bibliography of many contemporary authors like Rodolfo Fernández (2003), Jean Meyer (1990), Ramón María Serrera (1977), Eric Van Young (1983), etc. History The book's author was requested by Financiera Aceptaciones S.A. (a finance company from Mexico's Banco Serfin), to publish this work for the Mexican public due to the interest of the Mexican Academic circles, it was inspired by his own thesis "Haciendas de Jalisco y aledaños: fincas rústicas de antaño, 1506–1821", a 270 pages work that was made to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico in 1973. This book was published in August 1974 by Financiera Aceptaciones S.A. at "Vera" press, in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico), with a circulation of 2000 copies. Table of Contents Prefacio Capítulo I. Como encontraron la tierra los Conquistadores. Capítulo II. Algunas Mercedes del Siglo XVI. Capítulo III. Reestructuraciones del Siglo XVII. Capítulo IV. Más cambios en el Siglo XVIII. Capítulo V. Mayorazgos de Nueva Galicia y Provincia de Avalos. Capítulo VI. Las Propiedades Rústicas de la Iglesia en Nueva Galicia y Provincia de Avalos, después Intendencia de Guadalajara. Conclusiones Bibliografía Lista de Ilustraciones 1 Arco Triunfal de la Venta del Astillero. 2 Merced a Pedro Plascencia, 1593. 3 Documento del Mayorazgo de Porres Baranda, S. XVII. 4 Ordenanzas Reales, Manuscrito, 1768, portada. 5 Continuación del anterior, página interior. 6 Licencia para marcar ganado, 1779, primera página. 7 Continuación del anterior, página interior. 8 Retrato de Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, dueño de Cuisillos y Santa Ana Apacueco. 9 Hacienda de Toluquilla, acueducto S. XVIII. 10 Parroquia de Ciénega de Mata, S. XVIII. 11 Portada de la Casa de Ciénega de Mata, S. XVIII. 12 Patio interior de la Casa de Ciénega de Mata, S. XVIII.